Sightings Archive

Orgreave Lakes: 320 - 2 - pair ; Sand Martin - c140 - flocks heading through N in afternoon, including a group of c60. ; Swallow - 7 - small numbers moving N in afternoon ; Sparrowhawk - 2 - displaying.

Padley Gorge: Kestrel - 1 - male over Lawrence Field carrying mammalian prey ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - female ; Mistle Thrush - 2 - pair ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - pair m+f ; Mandarin - 2 - females ; Treecreeper - 3 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - female ; Coal Tit - 1 - nest building in cavity in barn wall ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Nuthatch - 1 - male ; Song Thrush - 1

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Swallow - 2 - hurriedly N together @ 0725hrs, at rooftop height

Redmires conduit: Golden Plover - 9 - One perched, 8 flying over ; Reed Bunting - 3

Redmires Res: Little Grebe - 2 - ads displaying on Top Res ; Tufted Duck - 5 - 3m + 2f on Top Res ; Oystercatcher - 2 - on Middle Res ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 - ad on Middle Res ; Common Sandpiper - 1 - arrived on Middle Res from east at 07:20 hrs ; Chiffchaff - 4 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 16 - around res perimeter - considerable overnight arrival ; Tree Pipit - 1 - flew W over conduit at 08:08 hrs - heard again later by Middle Res ; Stonechat - 1 - male ; Linnet - 29 - feeding on Middle Res ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 - by Bottom Res ; Lapwing - 12 - along conduit - including one female sat on eggs in fields ; Snipe - 2 - displaying on south side of Middle Res ; Moorhen - 4 - 2 pairs - Top & Bottom Resrs ; Herring Gull - 2 ; Meadow Pipit - 8

Redmires Top Res: Common Sandpiper - 1

RVCP, Main Lake: Whooper Swan - 2 - regular plus a more wary individual (possibly yesterday's bird from Silverwood) ; Peregrine - 1 - imm South ; Swallow - 10+ - in mixed hirundine flock ; House Martin - 10+ ; Sand Martin - 10+ ; Wheatear - 1 - female ; Sandwich Tern - 1 - only record this year ; Wheatear - 1 ; Whooper Swan - 2 - resident bird joined by a second to 14/04 when one bird left leaving the single bird

Sothall: Moorhen - 1 - nocmig sound recorded over garden 0020hr 0106hr ; Blackcap - 1 - nocmig sound recorded over garden 0311hr with snatch of song ; Golden Plover - 1 - nocmig sound recorded over garden 0347hr

Centenary Riverside: Chiffchaff - 3 - Singing ; Goosander - 2 - Females ; Canada Goose - 2 - Pair ; Mallard - 4 - 2 pair

Dore: Woodcock - 1 - Over, calling

Dronfield: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Over Stonelow Road

Firsby Res: Coot - 2 - A pair. ; Moorhen - 1 ; Mallard - 1 - Male. ; Greylag Goose - 2 - Pair in Reed bed. ; 319 - 3 - Soaring over site calling. ; Kestrel - 1 - Hunting. ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Male. ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - Calling up stream, first record this year. ; Blackcap - 1 - Singing Male near gate. ; Chiffchaff - 3 - All singing. ; Chaffinch - 1 - Singing. ; Linnet - 8 - Over. ; Yellowhammer - 1 - Singing Male. ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Blackbird - 2 - Two sitting Females in hedgerow.

Frith Wood, Dronfield: Nuthatch - 2 ; Treecreeper - 1 - Carrying nest material ; Jay - 2 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 2+ - Several birds singing throughout wood

Fulwood garden: Brambling - 5 ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Snatches of song ; Mallard - 5 - Over ; Siskin - 2 ; Dunnock - 3 - 2 singing males

High Green: Swallow - 1 - Over Thompson Gardens

Holme Brook: Little Egret - 1

Hordron: Dipper - 1 - flying up river. ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - pair on river. ; Wheatear - 2 ; Swallow - 1 - flying east over moor. ; Ring Ouzel - 8 - 5m 3f around site. ; Raven - 2 ; Meadow Pipit - 30+ - around site. ; 319 - 1 ; Stonechat - 2 - pair.

Howden Moor: Red Kite - 1

M1 J33: Lapwing - 2 - Flight display South off junction 33 roundabout @12.40

Meadowhall: Sand Martin - 2 - Feeding along the River Don.

Middleton Moor: Ringed Plover - 1 ; Golden Plover - 1 - through to N ; Oystercatcher - 2 - a pair ; Greylag Goose - 2 ; 320 - 2 ; Coot - 6 ; Dunnock - 2